THE SUBJECTIVTY OF LOVE

AS A MEANS TOWARDS
A RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALISM
 Self “I”

Soren
Soren
Individual Kierkegaard
Kierkegaard Other
(subjective selfhood) Subjectivi (Neighbor)

ty
Self- of Love
examination

Choice

Genuinely
Value Human

Meaning

Responsible Conscious
Purpose Act
Individualism
Conformit
yact against our better judgment.
Conformity pressures can make us

Compariso
n
Creating a self- which is not mine.

Influence
Actual implied presence of others.
 Alienatio
n
Self- identification and
Image
Personhood

Self-value

Lost
Responsibilit
y
MAIN PROBLEM

How Does the Subjectivity of Love

become a means towards
a Responsible Individualism?
SUB PROSBLEMS

1. What is Responsible Individualism According Søren

Kierkegaard?
2. How Does SØren Kierkegaard View the Subjectivity
of Love?
3. What is the implication of the “Subjectivity of
Love” to a person’s responsible individualism?
Responsible
individualism
 It is a self
actualization.
 It is a state of
genuineness of man
that expresses his
human freedom by
accumulating the
constant act of the
self to himself and to
the other as well.
 Responsibili
ty
It is a mental accountability of
someone who is being subject
for a particular thing, situation
and nstance.
 Subjectivity of
love
 Itis the fundamental
reality of a person
that drives him to
direct his decision to
the paths of life.
 Moral
Individualism

Truth is  Existential truth.

subjectivity  Process of Experience

Soren Kierkegaard
argued…
A person forget
himself, finds being
himself too risky,
finds it much easier
and safer to be like
others, to become a
copy along with the
crowd.
 Self

Individualis
m

Subjective
Human Nature
Self- hood
It is a way of realizing
Free- the existence of the self
individual with the community and
still he can distinguish
Self-worth himself from the crowd.
 Everyone is free of
Choice and
Decision. Thus,
freedom includes
responsibility and
self Knowledge to
find what is truth
in life.
3 modes of existence that can be
chosen by an individual

Religious

Ethical

Aesthetica
l
Value of the act of
love
I Myself Other
 The Subjectivity
of Love

 The power behind our self that

directs our will to self
knowledge.

 Overcomes self- centeredness

 Self-examination

 Self-Knowledge

 Becoming a Self.
How can an individual be
responsible?

conscious act of
love
Recommendation

 1. Responsibility and its Implication to Moral Conduct

 2. Subjectivity of Love As The Termination Of Despair
 3. The problem of Conformity and freedom of Choice
 4. The problem of Influenced as a Compromised
Freedom
 5. The Problem of Individualism in Creating a Genuine
Relationship with the Other
GRACIAS!!!